Contents

Russian Journal of Ecology

Vol. 49, No. 1, 2018

A simultaneous English language translation of this journal is available from Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
Distributed worldwide by Springer. Russian Journal of Ecology ISSN 1067-4136.

Singular Spectrum Analysis of Hydroecological Parameter Dynamics of Lake Naroch’ in the Years 1978–2015

T. I. Kazantseva, B. V. Adamovich, A. F. Alimov, T. V. Zhukova and V. N. Solntsev p. 1  abstract

Features of Heavy Metal Accumulation by Epiphytic Lichens in Background Areas of the Taiga Zone in the European Northwest of Russia

M. I. Vasilevich and R. S. Vasilevich p. 14  abstract

Influence of Clear Fellings on the Bryophyte Component of the Broad-leaved Forests of the Bashkir Cis-Ural Region

E. Z. Baisheva, P. S. Shirokikh, V. B. Martynenko and B. M. Mirkin p. 21  abstract

Comparative Analysis of Microbial Communities of Contrasting Soil Types in Different Plant Communities

E. A. Ivanova, E. V. Pershina, O. V. Kutovaya, N. Kh. Sergaliev, A. G. Nagieva, A. T. Zhiengaliev, N. A. Provorov and E. E. Andronov p. 30  abstract

Effects of Topographical Heterogeneity and Dispersal Limitation on Species Turnover in a Temperate Mountane Ecosystem: a Case Study in the Henan Province, China

Y. Chen, H. R. Jia, S. Niu, X. Zhang, H. L. Wang, Y. Z. Ye, Q. S. Chen and Z. L. Yuan p. 40  abstract

The Impact of Succession Stage on Share and Traits of Clonal Plants in Abandoned Molinion caeruleae Meadows

Kinga Kostrakiewicz-Gierałt p. 47  abstract

Characteristics of Carbon Storage and Density in Different Layers of Forest Ecosystems

X. C. Wang, S. D. Wang and L. M. Dai p. 53  abstract

Morphological Diversity and Variability of Sympatric Populations of Crucian and Prussian Carps in Radionuclide Contaminated Lakes in the Southern Urals

V. Yu. Baranov and A. G. Vasil’ev p. 62  abstract

Most Interesting Findings from Remnants of Chironomid (Insecta: Diptera: Chironomidae) Larvae in Layers of a 200-Year-Old Stratum of Lake Oron Bottom Sediments

I. V. Enushchenko p. 69  abstract

Increase in Skull Size of Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) in the Second Half of the XX Century in Northeastern Europe

N. S. Korytin p. 75  abstract

Macrozoobenthic Communities of Compact Grounds in Streams of Eastern Black Sea Region

D. M. Palatov and M. V. Chertoprud p. 80  abstract

Dynamics of Trophic Activity of Leaf-Eating Insects on Birch during Reduction of Emissions from the Middle Ural Copper Smelter

E. A. Belskaya p. 87  abstract